Pats

Pats

@ileft.bsky.social

Another Mother for Peace ✌️ vote Blue,vote local, VOTE ✌️☮️ 💙

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Thank you #Fairbanks

Avian (aka Julianne Warren)@coyotetrail.bsky.social

#Fairbanks #Alaska at -30F protests against ICE. We remember Renee Good and the many, many hurt and stolen. Standing here loving cold, not murder, not abductions, and not vice.

Barbara Lee, the sole vote against giving Bush free rein in 2002.

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social

Lee: As a Black woman, there’s no way I don’t have hope. I’ve seen a lot in my life, and we have these moments of backward steps. But we have hope. I see hope. I see our young people—they have hope. I see them fighting hard for our democracy and for a better life.

I went to the most recent news about Rob Reiner when I heard. Happened to be a very sparse NYPost article w about 10 comments. Every comment was a vicious variation of glee. It made me physically ill. And so sad.

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"The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction." -Rachel Carson

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Just saw the birthday card drawing by Trump. Good lord. For any doubters this will be as embarrassing as those who thought Jimmy Saville was just “a bit odd”.

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A genuinely good part of the old Republican aesthetic is how it sought to play down wealth, an impulse born from Protestant values. You can see this in how Bush dressed and decorated his living spaces That aesthetic now replaced by gilt detailing designed to remind you that the occupant is wealthy.

Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social

Every day, that demented old man makes the White House look even tackier, having workers glue gold-spray-painted polyurethane bric-a-brac to every available surface. Who knew it was even possible in the United States to stand out for your vulgarity?

Don Quixote

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "You have a certain place in the Massachusetts area that over the last 20 years had 1 or 2 whales wash ashore. And over the last short period of time they had 18. Ok? Because it's driving them loco. No, windmills will not happen in the United States."

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Two contractors who worked to quickly build out Alligator Alcatraz, which Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has called a “one-stop shop” for detention, adjudication, and deportation of migrants, have been significant donors to DeSantis and Trump.

rollingstone.comRepublican Donors Cash In on 'Alligator Alcatraz' Immigrant CampContractors who reportedly worked on Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” detention camp have been big donors to Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump.

Battered an employee, defrauded investors and a charity scam. All before he carpetbagged his way into the senate.

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social

In Tommy Tuberville's home state of Alabama, 23% of all personal income comes from transfer payments from the federal government. Alabama is the tenth most dependent on federal funding, getting $1.80 in spending back for every $1 its citizens pay in taxes. www.al.com/politics/202...

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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."  -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

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People experiencing miscarriages in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position. (Published Dec. 2024)

propublica.orgIf You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your LifeWomen experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds…

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The owner of Twitter sends out 100 right wing propaganda tweets every single day and the algorithm is set up so that every single person on Twitter has to see every single one of these tweets. Now here’s another piece about Blue Sky’s ideological diversity problem.

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The Supreme Court may have declined to hear a case concerning Oak Flat, but the fight to save the site sacred to Western Apache continues. Two other cases, one from the tribe itself and one from environmental groups, are set to be ruled on in the coming months. insideclimatenews.org/news/1006202...

insideclimatenews.orgTwo Federal Cases Keep Fight to Save Oak Flat AliveThe Supreme Court declined to hear a religious freedom case against the Resolution Copper mine proposed for Oak Flat, but two more lawsuits against the project aim to prevent the federal government fr...